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When Technology And Innovation Meet, Inclusive Growth Follows

African innovation is nothing new. A quick search on the internet will reveal an entire history book of African inventions spanning centuries; from harnessing fire in South Africa 1.4 million.

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African Development Bank (AfDB) and China Set Up $2 Billion Fund

The Chinese government and the African Development Bank have entered a new $2-billion (about Rwf 1.5 trillion) financing agreement setting up an Africa-wide investment vehicle dubbed, “Africa Growing Together Fund.”.

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Africa Attracts Increased Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Despite Growing Insecurity – Report

Emerging economies continuously need Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for sustainable growth and development, with governments having recognized the importance of flow of financial capital in economies of countries, now making.

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Mo Ibrahim: Now is the time for Afro-realism

Sudanese mobile communications tycoon Mo Ibrahim says Africa must prioritize regional integration.   STORY HIGHLIGHTS Mo Ibrahim says Africa has become a kind of “it-continent” However, Africa is still a.

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Bharti Airtel To Invest $1bn In Africa Annually

 Bharti Enterprises founder and Chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal has promised to invest $1 billion annually in its African operations over the next few years. Mittal, a co-chair at the on-going.

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Kenya and Nigeria Sign Trade Agreement

Kenya and Nigeria have signed three agreements and four memoranda of understanding aimed at promoting trade between the two countries. The agreements were on trade and agricultural cooperation which lay.

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Africa is Ripe for Investment

US has just announced that it has invited over 47 African leaders to Washington for a US-Africa Summit. The summit is going to focus on trade. It comes up as.

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Local Firms to Benefit from Nigerian Oil Deals

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has awarded yearly crude oil lifting term contracts for 2014/2015 of about $40 billion to mostly Nigerian companies comprising Aiteo, Taleveras, Barbedos and others,.

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Money Transfer: Are Africans getting ripped off?

Africans in the Diaspora are charged twice the global average in taxes to send money to relatives back home, a recent study has revealed. Africans face the highest remittance fees.

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Zimbabwe Faces Economic Challenge

The economy remains under pressure with companies reportedly laying off workers or shutting down, unemployment and inflation rising while the government looks seemingly clueless on how to deal with such.

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